NY State Senate Bill S396

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 08, 2021	vetoed memo.41
Sep 28, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.679 substituted for a7618a
Jun 08, 2021	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 02, 2021	amended on third reading 396a
May 24, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1264 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 20, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2021	referred to education

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Jun 8, 2021 - floor Vote

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May 24, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

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Jan 20, 2021 - Education committee Vote

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Bill Amendments

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S396 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7618
Law Section:: Transportation

S396 - Summary

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms a transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district for the 2019-2020 school year.

S396 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S396

SPONSOR: OBERACKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming a
transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district

 
PURPOSE:

To correct an oversight in the application process for the district's
transportation aid for the 2019-2020 school year, when the district did
not file its application for transportation aid to the state education
department in a timely fashion.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 validates and ratifies the district's actions with regard to
its application for reimbursement for transportation expenses. Section 2
directs the state education department to consider the district's appli-
cation as timely and proper. Section 3 provides the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Current law provides no mechanism for the recovery of state aid due to a
tardy filing apart from special legislation.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to an oversight resulting from prolonged contract negotiations
between the school district and its transportation vendor, the
district's application for reimbursement was not submitted on time. The
contract had been approved in a timely way by the district board of
education, but countersigned copies were not returned to the district.
Other contracts approved by the board at the same time were submitted to
SED in a timely way. In light of the district's routine and normal dili-
gence in making all of its other applications in a timely way, the omis-
sion of one contract should be corrected by the state and transportation
aid should be paid to the district.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None new - the approximate $400,000 funding due the district was other-
wise provided for in the state budget's allocation for public school
transportation aid.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

S396 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    396
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  relating  to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming a
   transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken
 or caused to be had and taken by the Oneonta City School District and by
 all officers, employees or agents of such school district relating to or
 in connection with transportation  contract  between  the  Oneonta  City
 school  district and Birnie Bus Services, Inc.  for the 2019-2020 school
 year, and all acts incidental hereto are  hereby  legalized,  validated,
 ratified  and  confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the
 contract award, approval and filing provisions of the education law, the
 general municipal law or any other law or any other statutory authority,
 rule or regulation, other than those filing provisions defined in  para-
 graph  a  of  subdivision  5  of  section  3604 of the education law, in
 relation to any omission, error, defect, irregularity or  illegality  in
 such proceeding had and taken.
   §  2.  The  department of education is hereby directed to consider the
 aforementioned contract for transportation aid as valid and proper obli-
 gations of the Oneonta City School District.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03108-01-1

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S396A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7618
Law Section:: Transportation

S396A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms a transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district for the 2019-2020 school year.

S396A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S396A

SPONSOR: OBERACKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming a
transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district

 
PURPOSE:

To correct an oversight in the application process for the district's
transportation aid for the 2019-2020 school year, when the district did
not file its application for transportation aid to the state education
department in a timely fashion.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 validates and ratifies the district's actions with regard to
its application for reimbursement for transportation expenses. Section 2
directs the state education department to consider the district's appli-
cation as timely and proper. Section 3 provides the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Current law provides no mechanism for the recovery of state aid due to a
tardy filing apart from special legislation.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to an oversight resulting from prolonged contract negotiations
between the school district and its transportation vendor, the
district's application for reimbursement was not submitted on time. The
contract had been approved in a timely way by the district board of
education, but countersigned copies were not returned to the district.
Other contracts approved by the board at the same time were submitted to
SED in a timely way. In light of the district's routine and normal dili-
gence in making all of its other applications in a timely way, the omis-
sion of one contract should be corrected by the state and transportation
aid should be paid to the district.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None new - the approximate $400,000 funding due the district was other-
wise provided for in the state budget's allocation for public school
transportation aid.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

S396A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  396--A
     Cal. No. 1264
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. OBERACKER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --
   reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
   on Finance -- committee discharged and  said  bill  committed  to  the
   Committee  on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying  and  confirming  a
   transportation contract of the Oneonta city school district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and  taken
 or caused to be had and taken by the Oneonta City School District and by
 all officers, employees or agents of such school district relating to or
 in  connection  with transportation contracts E414441 and E414438 of the
 2019-2020 school year, and all acts incidental hereto are hereby  legal-
 ized,  validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to
 comply with the contract award, approval and filing  provisions  of  the
 education  law,  the general municipal law or any other law or any other
 statutory  authority,  rule  or  regulation,  other  than  those  filing
 provisions  defined  in  paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of
 the education law, in relation to any omission,  error,  defect,  irreg-
 ularity or illegality in such proceeding had and taken.
   §  2.  The  department of education is hereby directed to consider the
 aforementioned contract for transportation aid as valid and proper obli-
 gations of the Oneonta City School District.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03108-03-1

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Jun 8, 2021 - floor Vote

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May 24, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 24, 2021

Jan 20, 2021 - Education committee Vote

Education Committee Vote: Jan 20, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S396 - Details

S396 - Summary

S396 - Sponsor Memo

S396 - Bill Text download pdf

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S396A (ACTIVE) - Details

S396A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S396A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S396A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Peter Oberacker

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Jun 8, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2021

May 24, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 24, 2021

Jan 20, 2021 - Education committee Vote

Education Committee Vote: Jan 20, 2021

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

Robert Jackson

S396 - Details

S396 - Summary

S396 - Sponsor Memo

S396 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Robert Jackson

S396A (ACTIVE) - Details

S396A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S396A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S396A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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